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Aitken, Rhona. THE MEMSAHIB'S COOKBOOK.

£5.00

Recipes from the Days of the Raj. 128pp. Index. With extracts from the work of EHA (Edward Hamilton Aitken). Colour decorations. Biographical note on EHA. Card covers. Fine. 1993 Piatkus.

Aitken, Rhona. THE MEMSAHIB'S COOKBOOK.

£10.00

Recipes from the Days of the Raj. 128pp. Index. With extracts from the work of EHA (Edward Hamilton Aitken). Colour decorations. Biographical note on EHA. Fine in very good dustwrapper. 1989 First edition, Piatkus.

Anon. A FRIEND IN NEED.

£34.00

English-Tamil Cookery Book. 332pp. Index. Adverts. Recipes in English on the left page and in Tamil on the right. The idea was for the memsahib to communicate with her Tamil cook. Let's hope he was literate. Frontispiece cartoon of a 1930s lady speaking to the cook through an interpeter. A Raj item still published in 1950. In the original yellow boards. A little rubbed but a sound copy which has clearly not been used for the purpose intended. 1950 Third edition, The Ladies' Committee, F.I.N.S Women's Workshop, Madras.

Banerji, Chitrita. EATING INDIA.

£10.00

An Odyssey into the Food and Culture of the Land of Spices. 267pp. Travelling for food, not recipes. Owner's rubber stamp mark and a number. Otherwise fine in fine dw. 2007 First edition, Bloomsbury, New York.

Brennan, Jennifer. CURRIES AND BUGLES.

£14.00

A Memoir and a Cookbook of the British Raj. 324pp. Index. The author spent her childhood in India. Part family memoir, part recipe book. Fine in fine dw. 1990 Second impression, Viking.

Burton, David. SAVOURING THE EAST.

£10.00

Feasts and Stories from Istanbul to Bali. 278pp. Index. Recipes and their background. Fine in fine dw. 1996 First edition, Faber.

Burton, David. THE RAJ AT TABLE.

£15.00

A Culinary History of the British in India. 240pp. The Raj seen through the kitchen door (with over 60 authentic recipes). Dust stains on top edge. Otherwise very good in fine dw. 1993 First edition, Faber and Faber.

Kohli, Hardeep Singh. INDIAN TAKEAWAY.

£5.00

One Man's Attempt to Cook his Way Home. 285pp. Glasgow-born Sikh chef takes British food to India. Travel, cookery and humour. Fine in fine dw. 2008 First edition, Cannongate, Edinburgh.

Rangarao, Shanthi. GOOD FOOD FROM INDIA.

£25.00

284pp. Index. Very good in slightly chipped dw. Recipe written neatly on the verso of the half-title. 1957 First edition, Frederick Muller.

Santa Maria, Jack. INDIAN MEAT AND FISH COOKERY.

£5.00

173pp. Drawings. Card covers. Very good indeed. 1977 Rider & Co.

Stuart, Tristram. THE BLOODLESS REVOLUTION.

£12.00

Radical Vegetarians and the Discovery of India. 628pp. Index. 45 illustrations in colour. A brilliant history of ideas. Fine in fine dw. 2006 First edition, Harper Press.